State Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, filed the "State Park Preservation Act" in December. The bill, championed in the House of Representatives by state Rep. John Snyder, R-Stuart, cleared the full ...

Wildlife photographed on land across the river from Colorado Bend State Park that was recently purchased by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.(Chase Fountain ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A new state park is in the works for Texas, and it just got one step closer to a reality. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced Monday that it had finalized ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KWTX) - The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) says they recently finalized the purchase of 1,100 acres in Lampasas and Burnet Counties, bringing a new state park in Texas ...

EAST LYME, CT (WFSB) - Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme reopened on Monday after it had been closed for a brush fire. Crews responded to the large brush fire on Sunday afternoon. Mutual aid from ...

When Gov. JB Pritzker in late March signed legislation that will give Shabbona Lake State Park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, this wasn’t just acknowledging Native people once lived on ...

A focus of last year’s plan was adding golf courses in the 11,500-acre Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Martin County. It also included building lodges with up to 350 rooms at Anastasia State Park in ...

The family of Athena Passidakis, the 21-year-old Chico State student who was kidnapped and murdered on April 3, is raising funds to enhance a local dog park in her memory. They're focused on ...

Covering an area of more than 750,000 acres, Yosemite National Park is abundant evidence of some of Mother Nature's best work. Despite its enormous size, the majority of Yosemite's 4 million ...

BEAUFORT — The Beaufort Board of Commissioners has approved the concept map for a new town park to be located at the west end of Ann Street. The property was previously leased to the former ...

The United States Air Force has issued an alert to find a 27-year-old service member wanted for desertion and fleeing to avoid prosecution, with investigators suggesting he could be in Minnesota. The ...

The most productive area of the beach for Manila and native littleneck clams at Illahee State Park was wiped out by a major slope failure sometime around 1994. Material that came off the hillside ...